Shastras & Indian Grand Narrative
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1)This lecture focused on the central importance of shastras in the Indian Grand Narrative.
2) An important original insight is introduced here for the first time. This explains why Vedic dharma has survived while most other “pagan” (pre-Abrahamic faiths) disappeared around the world.
3) The serious threat to our shastras now comes from the Post-Modernist form of Marxism
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शास्त्र और भारतीय महागाथा
1) इस व्याख्यान ने भारतीय महागाथा में शास्त्रों के केंद्रीय महत्व पर ध्यान केंद्रित किया |
2) एक महत्वपूर्ण मौलिक अंतर्दृष्टि यहां पहली बार प्रस्तुत की गई है | यह बताती है कि वैदिक धर्म क्यों बच गया है जबकि अधिकांश अन्य "मूर्तिपूजक" (अब्राहमिक-पूर्व आस्थाएं, पागन) विश्व भर में समाप्त हो गयी हैं |
3) हमारे शास्त्रों के लिए गंभीर संकट अब मार्क्सवाद के उत्तर-आधुनिकतावादी स्वरुप से है |
The main issue is Indian "intellectuals" stealing these concepts from Rajiv ji claming it as their own. Somehow these concepts need to spread like wildfire consciously and methodologically in such a way that these concepts are synonymous with brand Rajiv Malhotra so people can't spin it.
but how?
this is also true
Rajiv ji has really helped in formulating new terms to defend Hinduism and yesterday somebody was using the term "invading the sacred" on SM in one of a sentence. I smiled and thought how Rajiv ji has influenced us. People should give credit to RM ji. He has introduced us to the Western Bigoted Orientalists ways of working in all these South Asian studies depts.
Now by just reading one sentence here and there from such pseudo-scholars we can say that they are Hinduphobic and on what script they are working to destroy Hinduism.
Bhargav Patel The most prominent example is the use of the phrase ' mutual respect' used as a criteria for inter-religious dialogues which most Hindu intellectuals have copied and commenting without acknowledgement of the sourcs as if it's their creation. The same people then talk about lack of dharmic ecosystem. This is just one example of the many.
Dhanush Acharya no one can steal inferiority complex - it is abundant in our nation
Gem of bharat mata. Naman to you.
Gartaula Bros gem of Bhoomatha
Why gem - Looking at current india we always have inferiority complex and this guy pacified it
Swami Vivekanand said exactly the same thing over a century before, that the the texts he called books are the only reason Hinduism survived.
Ragiv: "These are very important points'''-- Fully agree. As a Westerner I was exposed for many years to the 'intellectualism' of Western philosophy and culture in school and university; years later I became aware of the borrowing of seminal ideas from India and the rehashing of them into a recipe for Western consumption. I struggled for years with Freud and Jung till I saw, with the help of some spiritual Western writers, the distortions that the former were spreading to the educated masses. Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta were for me an eye-opener, for which I am very grateful.
Rajiv sir u r today's shankaracharya..we r with you🤘
Sir !! I bow down to you....In Andhra Pradesh there lived a person by name Sri. E.Krishnamacharya....who's teachings resemble you...He was inspired by HPB....Inspired many of us to take it forward...great work is going on....
shri rajiv ji is doing excellent work in defending DHARMA...
Very important observation. Shastra, Parampara and Practitioners together played a pivotal role in our survival. To revive and reclaim our past glory we need to recognize this fact and start addressing issues in each of these aspects..
Deeply endebted to you Rajivji! जय हिंद! वंदे मातरम्! 🚩
Indebted*
great man & we want him 24X& in india & he need to go all schools & colleege of india & will give lecture there on hindutva...
Vishal Singh Schools should show his videos
I pray that this revolution is successful.
Another original seed planted by Rajivjij. Yet again it shows the immense insight and intellectual depth of Rajivji through a lifetime of sadhana and living the Dharmic way. If we adopt a figment of his dedication and effort it can go along way in replenishing the tree of Dharma which is under constant assault.
Dhanyawaad sir!
During my younger days (1953-1957), in my middle school (Std V to Std VIII) we had lessons on Mahabharata - Bhima Duryodhana fight, The questions of Yaksha to Dharmaraya, Bhima coming across Hanuman while on his way to finding the Saugandhika Pushpa etc. - which has been removed over the years. This is not done by Britishers and it is only by the rulers under the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Thank you Sir, for the yeomen service you are doing.
This was done in the name of secularism.
This is a beautiful description on Shastras. Thank You.
35:18 he's talking about jaggi vasudev
may not be.
Yes he is talking about jaggi' vasudev as he denied for reading gita
You have changed the way i view our land and ancients.Thank you Rajivji for illuminating us and bringing clarity into this world.
Rajivji is a priceless gift to Hindus and India, as a whole. Pranaams.
Another Gr8 video Rajivji, I have been a subscriber for a long time before you had 50K, cant wait for 100K soon.
When I joined, it was 32K. How did you find him? I was initially following Dr. Swamy when I stumbled upon his interview with Dr. Malhotra.
Thank you Rajiv Ji. Namaste.
Excellent Rajiv Malhotra. Love it.
Hatsoff Rajivj Malhotra garu for your tireless contribution to Bharat Mata.
I'm amazed at the speed at which Rajiv Malhotra works...
Amazing video. Got to know so many things.
Highly relevant observation about new-age Gurus disparaging Shastras and paramparas. We cannot defend our ethos, culture and civilisation without understanding, preserving and cherishing our bodies of knowledge and our traditions. The greatest Mahapurushas of recent times, Sri Ramakrishna and Ramana Maharshi led unconventional lives , went beyond the Shastras, but never disparaged them. We may recall Sankara's profound line, "The wave is of the ocean, never the ocean of the wave!". Made up of, and known by waves, the ocean yet remains supreme, the waves are transient.
Every lecture of Rajiv ji contains some really deep, well researched knowledge...always learn something now
It was thrilling.
A good example for supergurus is Kishor Kumar. He had no training in music but he had a God gifted voice. He cant be an example for someone who wants to learn singing.
we are lucky that we hear you in this time of 21st century and understand you as well.
One of the best scholars of India, he is doing Narendra Modi's work which he was ought to do as he is in power; I am surprised that many of my friends are feminists and post modernism scholars, I wish Rajiv Ji good health so that he can raise our masses
Manish Soni They are fake feminist and fake modernist. It would be greart to be actual of them.
sir, you are doing very tough work.we salute you.
Rise of east is very much linked to rise of dharma traditions. As economic centre of gravity is shifting to the east rise of dharma traditions is inevitable.
East is rising - until what you have never seen on the other side! The other side is equipped with big artillery and weapons of destruction to your knowledge system.
Great achievement sir. Pranam 🙏
Super Guru = Shiva !! Another Gift Of South after Ramana Maharshi.
Vandematarm
Thanks for such lucid presentation on Shastras.So many educated Brahmins (non practicing) are of the view that Shastras are outdated and not to be taken seriously.
Christianity and Islam share many Holy Scriptures and kept on building on one another. Christianity and Islam tolerate other religion they don't respect other religions because respecting other religion implies it is legitimate for them. For them their religion is the only true religion.
The harsh condition of the desert has shaped the Abrahamic faiths. The Christian and Islamic Ethos Is built on this sense of scarcity and fear. Nature is not supportive but profoundly threatening - an enemy to be tamed, civilized and controlled. To overcome these circumstances, the desert dweller looks for relief from a God above. Desert people crave greenery so much that it is their sacred color (as in Islam). The desert dwellers need to gather more and more resources for their well being so they went on enslaving people around them .The church works upon people very hard since their childhood to impose their beliefs on them. Basically they make their people think in the ways that is in church's interest.
Christian dogmas and Greek Aristotle philosophies has had the effect of promoting exclusivism and simplistic binary categories of God/ Satan, believer/heathen, true religion/false religion , history/ myth , good/ evil, self/other, and thus precluding any middle ground soon-leaving little room for diversity for creative growth. In every case, the first option in each pair is absolutely and exclusively valid, whereas the second option is absolutely dangerous. Not only is it negative, but it must be completely eradicated to restore order, which is not a matter of balance but of conflict and conquest. The West sees chaos as a profound threat that needs to be eradicated either by destruction or by complete assimilation. The Western culture is less inclusive there nobody is ok with anyone else everyone want to fix the society rather focusing on their own flaws. Nearly about 40% Europeans suffer from mental illness in 2011. We must create unity not uniformity.
Their religion starts with assumptions but does not allow any kind of questions. The pivotal assumption in their religion is that a big human is sitting above the sky in the heaven who controls everything on earth . Because they are believing things that are not in their experience and working with that which they have assumed. The moment someone give power to things that they have assumed, their mind will just fly off into all types of imagination and it will be more real than real. 99% of their religion is hallucinatory. Since those people don't know how the creation happened they made up a story from what all information they had. Since they were human beings they said a big human being is sitting up there. After All creativity is the ability to connect experiences we have and synthesize a new thing and it is not necessary that every thought or story is a manifestation of reality.
Their jealous dictator God demands unconditional obedience through his firebrand prophets and threatens to unleash His wrath or eternal damnation in hell if his strict rules of worship and conduct are not obeyed. So basically they are worshiping the authority and not someone who is having some good qualities in him .
This whole shift towards the brain and intellectual process is a European malice they gave too much significance to free thought and celebrated it because they lived under a religiously subjugated society for a long time, where you are not supposed to think anything except what's written in the holy book otherwise you're dead .It is a fact that whatever you’re deprived of becomes the highest thing in your life.
These Religions are always used as another mode of conquest as their followers have deemed superiority. They are taught by the church that they have the divine right to educate the infidel so all their actions were beyond reproach and sanctioned by the religions authorities. To go out and change indigenous civilizations to bring the light of wisdom to them. That's the reason why none of the Abrahamic religions has ever integrated with other any other culture.
The one thing standing between a pagan and their acceptance of Christ was a social structure and the manner in which communities had good relations with each other. So they introduced a hereditary hierarchy and endogamy ( to make people cast/ class conscious ) to create rift in society and Create people who are so ostracized from society that they themselves would feel oppressed and Christians inform them that all are equal under the eyes of our God if you join us there is no hierarchy. What religious Conversions actually do is putting people against each other which will lead to a civil war in future in which many lives will be lost.
In Anglo-Saxon nations no of people attending the church ceremonies has dropped by almost half. To bring them back Christians denigrate the principles of other cultures to look nicer and better from selling point. They usually criticize caste system in India and jihad in Islam and do negative branding of these religions.
All the conflict on the planet happening today people are trying to project it as good versus evil, it is not about good versus evil. It is always about one man’s belief versus another man’s belief.
Western policymakers support the destruction of Syrian because they believe in the God's promise of the Holy Land to the Jews. Holy Land is the real estate on both sides of the Jordan River which include present area of Syria and Lebanon .So the expansion of Israel is really important for the Christians. It is written in the book of revelations notes that Christ will return to holy land at the end time and then proceeding millennium will be ruled by the Christ. The sign of the end time was the gathering of all Jews in exile to the holy land of Israel in 1948.
This guy, This guy is truly a modern day RISHI. Got to join him to save hinduism and india and our future.
Long time supporter of you Rajiv ji. Any way I can get into contact with you here in America?
Rajiv ji, you explained the importance of a Guru and Shastras wonderfully. Thank you for highlighting the need and role of a Guru in our upliftment.
Your service to our traditions will be remembered and be an inspiration for generations of Indians to come.
Naman to Shri guru Rajiv ji,
I would request people to take forward his message, buy his books to learn and teach everybody around you instead of just praising him and sitting quitely. He needs hardworking people to take all this forward to next gen and next gen and so on.....I am doing this already and request others to do so...this will strengthen our ppl and give them pride.
Dhanywaad.
Vital point on shastra and it's sacred ness .To be strictly guarded against its perversions.An erudite discussion by beloved Rajivji.
Some interesting points tabled; I really do look forward to the Indian Grand Narrative as seen by RM.
Some additional points:
#1 Ref. ~@25:34 onwards: For those looking for 1) other comparative insights (including from the point of view of digestion) regarding Saussure vis-a-vis Pāṇini including those pertaining to Structuralism 2) "Sign" 3) Sound image and more might find the following pages in Korada Subrahmanyam's 2008 book "Theories of Language Oriental and Occidental" useful:
p. 96: Section on Structuralism
p. 95: Section on Structural Linguistics
p. 93: Para starting with Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913), about whom, K. Subrahmanyam has written "One is inclined to believe, after going through his writings, that he was not only a philosopher-cum-linguist but also, like Humboldt, digested the philosophy of language of the East, i.e. India. He definitely had the background of Pāṇiniyan system and certainly borrowed ideas from Mahābhāṣya and Vākyapadīya. The linguistic sign unites not a thing and a name, but a concept and sound image."
(Source: Korada Subrahmanyam's 2008 book "Theories of Language Oriental and Occidental")
Koot Van Wyk, in his 2015 work, includes the following details about Saussurre's doctorate work:
"Ferdinand de Saussure credited Whitney with the arbitrary nature of linguistic signs (see F. de Saussure, Course in General Linguistics “Immutability and Mutability of the Sign”). De Saussure studied Sanskrit under Hermann Oldenberg and received his doctorate in February 1880 with the topic De l’emploi du genitive absoluen Sanscrit.57"
Citation: van Wyk, K. (2015). Evidence of Hindu religion on the theory of Chomsky's transformational grammar. International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 2(5), 27-51.
#2 The decision of deconstructing Ferdinand de Saussure's work, including identifying his appropriations and digestions from Indic works (including the Pāṇiniyan system) cannot at all be insignificant, not least because he -- not Pāṇini -- features in the Top 3 of the so-called "Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics" (2011) along with Plato and Chomsky even in a 21st century publication, the bias clearly pointed out between 1: 18: 17 and 1: 18: 40 in this video (th-cam.com/video/tWxGB2Yp5Sw/w-d-xo.html) of a presentation at Swadeshi Indology Conference 3 by Manogna Sastry and myself.
Jai sanatan dharma
We are very great-full to Shri Rajiv ji.
A great discovery Rajiv Sir. The internet is the new shastra of humanity.
It is very important to support your mission because the British systematically broke our Bharat desh by dismantling our system of education. Post-Modernists and Leftist scholars continue this nasty fight to this day and you are one of the very few people today to take them on.
Very thankful to the time that brought all the right people in India into lime light...
राजीव जी आपको मेरा सत सत नमन 🙏
Great speech.
1. The 7 dislikes are more impressive than the 750 likes for this video; as it shows the discomfort of “Secularists” in accepting Indian Grand Narrative
2. Shastra as an important part of our Sanskriti (culture) and as a unique feature of Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) was a major take away for me.
3. It’s the duty of all Bharatwasis to practice their hereditary parampara and know it’s link to Shastra from their Acharyas.
4. Easy way of remembering postmodernist view - “Socialism/Marxism is dead, long live postmodernism” and “Sanskrit is dead, long live Postmodern Vedic Studies”.
5. This point is not part of Rajiv sir’s speech. Parents must “re-educate” their children on Bharat’s History. Examples - AIT/AMT is false, the King ruling Bharat during Alexander’s invasion is “Chandra Gupta of Gupta empire” and not “Chandra Gupta of Maurya empire” etc.
Most of us who believe in indo-centric approaches to several of the issues concerning our great land will be eternally grateful to you. Would like to join your efforts.
Great talk Shri Rajivji. Unearth many important points. This culture will have your name in golden letters. May Divine bless you.
Ananya Bajpayee is not even worth mentioning anymore. Her agenda was open to Indians 4 years back in breaking India
A mesmerising talk by modern Vivekananda.Simply superb to rattle us to be proud of our culture and warning us of dangers ahead.This reminds me of famous Iqbal couplet
"कुछ बात है कि हस्ती मिटती नहीं हमारी
बरसों रहा है दुश्मन दौरे जहां हमारा"
As rightly said by you, that बात (essence or theme) is Shastra.People like Ananya Banerjiat at few places but one has to be watchful against them.As against that Rajivji will shone like Sun.
Sir, I have followed both you and Sadhguru for some time now and I find both of you inspirational. Just a few points.
I have never heard Sadhguru say that a guru is not important. In fact, when Barkha Dutt asked him as to why does one need a guru.. He replied.. 'When you're driving in a difficult/unknown terrain, it's better to take help of the GPS'
It is indeed true that he says that he himself hasn't read any Shasta. But I have never heard him say to his disciples that it is 'unimportant' for them or not to read them. His solution to all problems and to enlightenment is Yoga. And it is certainly true that he does not emphasise on reading texts. He says that 'if you can align yourself with the cosmic geometry (via Yoga), then you are done.' He says Yoga is the art of this alignment.
Dhanyavad Sir
Great talk rajivji !
Real genius sir🙏
हर हर महादेव
हर हर महादेव
Har Har Mahadev
thanks, rajiv malhotraji.....you are God sent....
Your point on the fact that shshtras are important is so right. So our narratives are evidence based.
Malhotra sir I hope our people understand
Thank you Rajiv ji
A very fine presentation of abstruse subjects like Structuralism, Post-structuralism and Post-modernism masquerading as Vedanta-like philosophy which deconstructs the human ego as compared to Post-modernism deconstructing cultural grand narratives, so destructive of an ancient civilization based on Indian culture. The complexity of a proposed Indian Grand Narrative, too has been brought out in a brilliant manner. The difference between 'the Sacred' and 'the Holy' too is something to be taken note of. All in all, a very worthwhile and timely analysis.
Indeed! Some interesting points tabled; I really do look forward to the Indian Grand Narrative as seen by RM.
Some additional points:
#1 Ref. ~@25:34 onwards: For those looking for 1) other comparative insights (including from the point of view of digestion) regarding Saussure vis-a-vis Pāṇini including those pertaining to Structuralism 2) "Sign" 3) Sound image and more might find the following pages in Korada Subrahmanyam's 2008 book "Theories of Language Oriental and Occidental" useful:
p. 96: Section on Structuralism
p. 95: Section on Structural Linguistics
p. 93: Para starting with Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913), about whom, K. Subrahmanyam has written "One is inclined to believe, after going through his writings, that he was not only a philosopher-cum-linguist but also, like Humboldt, digested the philosophy of language of the East, i.e. India. He definitely had the background of Pāṇiniyan system and certainly borrowed ideas from Mahābhāṣya and Vākyapadīya. The linguistic sign unites not a thing and a name, but a concept and sound image."
(Source: Korada Subrahmanyam's 2008 book "Theories of Language Oriental and Occidental")
Koot Van Wyk, in his 2015 work, includes the following details about Saussurre's doctorate work:
"Ferdinand de Saussure credited Whitney with the arbitrary nature of linguistic signs (see F. de Saussure, Course in General Linguistics “Immutability and Mutability of the Sign”). De Saussure studied Sanskrit under Hermann Oldenberg and received his doctorate in February 1880 with the topic De l’emploi du genitive absoluen Sanscrit.57"
Citation: van Wyk, K. (2015). Evidence of Hindu religion on the theory of Chomsky's transformational grammar. International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 2(5), 27-51.
#2 The decision of deconstructing Ferdinand de Saussure's work, including identifying his appropriations and digestions from Indic works (including the Pāṇiniyan system) cannot at all be insignificant, not least because he -- not Pāṇini -- features in the Top 3 of the so-called "Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics" (2011) along with Plato and Chomsky even in a 21st century publication, the bias clearly pointed out between 1: 18: 17 and 1: 18: 40 in this video (th-cam.com/video/tWxGB2Yp5Sw/w-d-xo.html) of a presentation at Swadeshi Indology Conference 3.
i totally agree with u rajiv ji
I first press like then I watch.
I press like in the end so that I can keep track of the videos I haven't seen yet. Watching all the videos by Dr. Rajiv Malhotra is a huge research in itself. Takes a lot of unlearning and relearning. I watched a few of them multiple times to clearly understand.
Swami vivekanand had told the same thing about shashtra.
I have read a book written by him.
very informative video it clarifies many confusions every hindu should be aware of it
This guy should be a national treasure
Sir aap apni saari purani videos ko bhi Hindi m dubs krao. Kyoki india m kaafi saare log sirf hindi hi samjh paate hain. Taki apki video hr koi chote s chote vilage ya city m betha hua aadami bhi samajh ske.
Apki hr video hr kisi k lie importent h ye saari baate BHARAT k kone kone tk pahuchani chahiye.
Good !
Sadhuwaad, har har mahadev, Apko Bhagwan asha swath de
Excellent work!
Excellent
You are doing a truly inspirational work.Thank you sir for giving a better understanding of our civilization. We can understand with much better clarity. 🙏
Where are these postmodernist when it comes to big Abrahamic Religions,namely Christianity and Islam.
I fully agree what malhotra have stated about sadhguru though i am very ardent follower of him.
Sir You Are A1☑️
good
Probably one of your first videos I liked completely. The new gurus are not teaching shastras, and creating new logic for validating their behaviour is dangerous. Those in traditional schools who spend their whole life learning shastras must be respected. In many situations these shastra pandits will be more useful for ones spiritual growth as compared to modern guru even if he is enlightened(Even Gita recommends to refer shastras when in doubt). The path of shastras have no side-effects and need no external guru to validate them. But the path of Super gurus require constant supervision. Shastras are highway to enlightenment, following it is the quickest and safest path. Other modern ways are like village roads which may seem to be shortcut to enlightenment but are very slow and take a lot of navigating directions.
I wonder how many of his followers understand what he is saying in terms of his philosophical content.
Gratitude master
🙏thank you sir
Please translate into south India languages because all forget India grand narrative.requast rajeev
we salute you sir.
rajiv sir there is even better book on darwin issue by lalitnatha dasa(leif a jensen) called rethinking darwin a beautiful collection of all the shlokas and mantras of shastras talking on evokution specially the last chapter of vedic paradigm
I request Rajiv Ji to make a episode on Vivekananda's work, whether his thoughts and work is applicable in today's changing circumstances.
India’s ‘Grand Narrative’
Let’s start at the very beginning… Why a "Grand Narrative”?
l Purpose of any "Grand Narrative" is to help a civilization cope with the emerging problems of the future?
l Hence, if there is anything ‘good’ in the past that will rekindle the civilization to build an exemplary future then so be it. Delve deep into its past, HONESTLY evaluate what was ‘good’ wash away the dirt accumulated over it, make it gleaming and adapt them, highlight them to ignite civilizational pride, and DISCARD THE UNWANTED, even if it has been close to our heart.
l Now, let’s take a peek at the kind of world we should expect to emerge in the 21st and 22nd centuries. Beyond 21st and 22nd centuries, we should expect to see more and more convergence into hybrid, global cultures, with vanishing diversities and divergences (that is, if human civilization survives all the threats that are accumulating).
1. Over the next 2 centuries, it will be a world where I will wake up and find people who do not look like me, who do not believe in the same deity that I grew believing in, who do not think like I do when challenged, who understand (worldview) the world differently, who wear differently, who eat differently, etc., etc. In other words, it will be societies that will be multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural.
2. It should be a civilization that will more and more rely on science and scientific methodology, and AIs will play more and more
important roles in everyday governance and living.
3. Then, our “Grand Narrative” should help us realize such a civilization in the sub-continent. Such a sub-continent will then be a thriving one and be the load star for the rest.
² In order to build such a “Grand Narrative” for the sub-continent, if we need to revisit our past and revise our evaluation
of things in the past then let us do so without malice and with energy and curiosity of a child
² If in our past, we accepted multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural milieus then
let us glorify this feature from our civilizational past;
² If we need to discard patriarchal structures then let us do so;
² If we need to say that the “Asura-view” was the proto-scientific view and needs to be reinstated in its proper light, then let us do so;
² If we need to condemn oppression and oppressive social structures of the past then let us to do so, etc., etc.
l Let not our “Grand Narrative” be hijacked by anyone’s narrow interests and agenda, or be shaped by the wealthy and powerful.
Rather, let this be a wonderful project - that should have started in 1947 - that brings out the best in our past, brings out the best in our present, brings out our open-minded and fearless admissions of our failures and humble admissions of our successes, so that we BUILD A GRAND FUTURE.
As of now, the world that I see around me… I see the East and South-east Asian “Grand Narratives” more worthy of leading us
into the future. Both these regions are leading civilizations. It is not without reason that we are seeing East Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China,) and South-east Asia (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia - expect Myanmar to soon give up its narrowness and follow suit) emerging stronger and stronger. These societies are more and more embracing multi-ethnicity, multi-religious, multi-cultural,
multi-lingual values. Becoming more and more open (barring what is happening in Hong Kong), becoming more and more science and technology oriented, more and more discarding religious nonsense without “discarding the baby with the bathwater” and so on.
On the other hand, like the present day ‘Trumpism’ (promoting notions of “white supremacy”), the Indian “Grand Narrative” seems to
be moving into a space that will be more and more out of synch with what is required in the future.
For achieving this, WE NEED TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH OURSELVES, WITH OUR PAST, BE HONEST WITH OUR PRESENT. AND, ABOVE ALL, BE VERY-VERY EVIDENCE BASED AND SCIENTIFIC AND DISCARD ANYTHING THAT IS NOT SCIENTIFIC.
In this “Grand Narrative” it does not behoove us to claim that 3000 years back we had plastic surgery which is why Ganesa was endowed with an elephant head. Delve deeper into comparative cultural and religious studies to understand why our deities had animal features or why many animals had human abilities. Stop claiming that our Chandrayaan-2 was not so successful because we were lacking in our obeisance for Ganesa or Vishvakarma, etc.
In this “Grand Narrative” it does not behoove us to glorify and justify any socially oppressive structures, and narrative apologies for structures that may have enslaved our people into meaningless slaves and followers.
If we are DISHONEST, more and more the gaps will open up between what is required and what our “Grand Narrative” will deliver. As Rajiv says, we will end up spending more and more of our GDP on simply trying to maintain the balance, instead of investing in projects that will unleash the creative energies of our people.
HONESTY WILL PREVENT US FROM BEING DISCARDED INTO THE DUST HEAP OF HISTORY.
Please publish all your books.
Sir there is a person named inderjeet ghaga( Sikh) . He is very critical of Hindu Dharma.
Intellectual Being he is a fuckin illiterate he doesn't matter
Malhotra sir Himalayan mountains are welcoming you , why can't fallow our holy religion system after 60 years .
Mr Malhotra.. This seems to be a truncated video. Please upload the Q&A Session as well. Warm Regards. PS : When will your lecture During the VHS event in mumbai be Uploaded. Please upload early. Thank You.
It will be amazing to see sadguru and you on a conversation
Amazing indeed! But Jaggi Vasudev has so far turned down all of Rajiv's requests for an interview, knowing full well that Rajiv will corner him with his logic.
Shastra , tradition,vrata,upvas,pooja system,good act ,to go in the temple,you can get a real Guru and that Guru will provide whole knowledge withn the seconds.These actions create ablitiy to get the Real Guru and that Guru is important.Guru Parampara is important for anyone''s enlightment.
Aap apnay vicharon ko hindi mein pracharit krein to bahut achha hoga. Bahut log sunnaa aur janna chahtey hain❤❤❤❤❤
Hindi ke subtitles hain is mein. Aap padh saktey hain. Bhai ji, ye koyi filmi gaaney ya ghazal nahi hai jo aap lambi drive ke samay car ke audio system mein daal kar maza lein. Is ko bahut dhyaan se STRATEGY ke liye sun nsa hoga... nani-daadi-dev datta patnaik ki bed time stories ki tarah nahi
सतीश जी , हिंदी सब टाइटल्स (उप शीर्षक ) इस विडियो में हैं. दूसरी बात , क्या सब कुछ राजीव जी ही करें?
राजीव जी नए विचार ला रहे हैं और कुछ विचारों को स्पष्टता से रख रहे हैं. अब अनुवाद भी वो खुद ही करें?
हम हिन्दीभाषी सिर्फ सलाह देते हैं, पर उनकी मदद करने को बहुत कम लोग आगे आते हैं.
Vo nahi kar skte. Audience ki type pe depend krta hai. Upar se unki angrezi itni acchi nahi hai. Abhi vo vapas se seekh rahe hain. Isliye hindi subtitles diye hain. Aap apne hisab se unka gyaan baatiye apne mitron me.
hindus wake up now or never
well said
I want to use the Shastras as a base to develop electronics, batteries and generation of electricity...can you help me with that?
When are your books getting published ? I feel you have many books which are almost in ready state.
being different is justified ...